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Mees mies "8 l : i Tliis Yook on Campu Wednesday, 23 International Forum Abe Kader on Persian Gulf Crisis Noon in the Ballroom Sweetheart Drawing begins Stardust Club Friday, 25 Pre-game pep rally Basketball games Dixie at UVCC. Women's game at 5:30 p.m. and men's game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 26 Basketball games Snow College at UVCC. Women's game at 5:30 p.m. and men's game at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 29 College Bowl begins Noon in the Ballroom Wednesday, 30 College Bowl continues Index Campus News,.., 1, d-7f 12 Classifieds, .4 Commentary2'3 Community .4-5 Entertainment .8-9 Sports io-n UVCC affected by Persian Gulf war Student, teacher and Kuwaiti alumni evaluate crisis -Thomas Epting Assistant Editor While multinational forces continue to pound Iraqi targets, some UVCC students and teachers are being hit closer to home. Tamara Lee, a UVCC student whose brother is stationed in Saudi Arabia, asked, "What is the purpose of war? What is war? It is kind of dumb where it is not even the United States that is really involved. ItistheU.N.'srules that we are upholding. We are the ones sending our brothers over to fight. If my brother died, what would the purpose be?" Lee, a third year nutrition student, is one of many UVCC students and teachers to have direct or family ties to the Persian Gulf war. Lee's brother serves in the Seventh Calvary unit. His unit, according to the last letter Lee received, will be the first to attack in a ground strike. He wrote, "We're moving and we're digging in, if you know what I mean." In that same letter he asked, "How is the American public? Are they supporting us?" Lee fears a Vietnam-type abandonment of the soldiers by the public. Lee has wrestled with her feelings about the war. "I went through those feelings of 'Is it just the oil? Is that why we are into it?', but I don't think it is. It is not just the oil that is keeping us there." Lee opposed the war until she saw the congressional support for President Bush. She believes the President is well-informed and has a good purpose for fighting. "I guess I just realized that it is good volume 19 issue 19 23 January 1991 utahva"ev to support the President." Speaking about other UVCC students, Lee said, "We will be talking about war and I will say that I have a brother over there, and I can see that they just don't relate to me at all." Lee continued, "All we can do is worry about ourselves; how you relate that to war, I don't know." JoEllen Coppersmith, an instructor in UVCC's English and Humanities De partment, also watches the Gulf war apprehensively. Her son, 2nd Lt. Brian Coppersmith, is a platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division currently stationed in northern Saudi Arabia. Interviewed before the air strikes began, Coppersmith said of her son's unit, "they are expecting to fight. Emotionally they are geared up to go into fight." Before Coppersmith's son left for Saudi Arabia, he said it would be over quickly. "The feeling I got was maybe three to four weeks, a very intense three weeks a lot of brutalities and a lot a casualties." Coppersmith fears the Arab-Isreali conflict. "If not the governments themselves, there are many people who would look to Saddam as the Messiah and that is terrifying to me. That goes beyond worry ing about just family issues; that could bring World War III." Despite the chance of losing her son, Coppersmith supports the President Bush's actions. "Even though we cannot police the world, when all the world comes to us and asks our assistance even the Arab people themselves are mostly joined against Hussein how can we stand back and say that we are the only The Gulf War imt to have motivated student to show their feelings concerning the crisis. This snow-sculptered tank In the baseball field north of the Activity Center appeared over the weekend and the continuing letter campaign In the Student Center are some activities that show support of U.S. Armed Forces. community college ones that can have those privileges?" Although Coppersmith is disappointed that diplomatic approaches didn't work, she said, "We can't just not do something and I think that President Bush has made every effort diplomatically." Coppersmith was also impressed with the sincerity of the Representatives and See GULF, page 12 - y ; Photos by Thomas Epting

Mees mies "8 l : i Tliis Yook on Campu Wednesday, 23 International Forum Abe Kader on Persian Gulf Crisis Noon in the Ballroom Sweetheart Drawing begins Stardust Club Friday, 25 Pre-game pep rally Basketball games Dixie at UVCC. Women's game at 5:30 p.m. and men's game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 26 Basketball games Snow College at UVCC. Women's game at 5:30 p.m. and men's game at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 29 College Bowl begins Noon in the Ballroom Wednesday, 30 College Bowl continues Index Campus News,.., 1, d-7f 12 Classifieds, .4 Commentary2'3 Community .4-5 Entertainment .8-9 Sports io-n UVCC affected by Persian Gulf war Student, teacher and Kuwaiti alumni evaluate crisis -Thomas Epting Assistant Editor While multinational forces continue to pound Iraqi targets, some UVCC students and teachers are being hit closer to home. Tamara Lee, a UVCC student whose brother is stationed in Saudi Arabia, asked, "What is the purpose of war? What is war? It is kind of dumb where it is not even the United States that is really involved. ItistheU.N.'srules that we are upholding. We are the ones sending our brothers over to fight. If my brother died, what would the purpose be?" Lee, a third year nutrition student, is one of many UVCC students and teachers to have direct or family ties to the Persian Gulf war. Lee's brother serves in the Seventh Calvary unit. His unit, according to the last letter Lee received, will be the first to attack in a ground strike. He wrote, "We're moving and we're digging in, if you know what I mean." In that same letter he asked, "How is the American public? Are they supporting us?" Lee fears a Vietnam-type abandonment of the soldiers by the public. Lee has wrestled with her feelings about the war. "I went through those feelings of 'Is it just the oil? Is that why we are into it?', but I don't think it is. It is not just the oil that is keeping us there." Lee opposed the war until she saw the congressional support for President Bush. She believes the President is well-informed and has a good purpose for fighting. "I guess I just realized that it is good volume 19 issue 19 23 January 1991 utahva"ev to support the President." Speaking about other UVCC students, Lee said, "We will be talking about war and I will say that I have a brother over there, and I can see that they just don't relate to me at all." Lee continued, "All we can do is worry about ourselves; how you relate that to war, I don't know." JoEllen Coppersmith, an instructor in UVCC's English and Humanities De partment, also watches the Gulf war apprehensively. Her son, 2nd Lt. Brian Coppersmith, is a platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division currently stationed in northern Saudi Arabia. Interviewed before the air strikes began, Coppersmith said of her son's unit, "they are expecting to fight. Emotionally they are geared up to go into fight." Before Coppersmith's son left for Saudi Arabia, he said it would be over quickly. "The feeling I got was maybe three to four weeks, a very intense three weeks a lot of brutalities and a lot a casualties." Coppersmith fears the Arab-Isreali conflict. "If not the governments themselves, there are many people who would look to Saddam as the Messiah and that is terrifying to me. That goes beyond worry ing about just family issues; that could bring World War III." Despite the chance of losing her son, Coppersmith supports the President Bush's actions. "Even though we cannot police the world, when all the world comes to us and asks our assistance even the Arab people themselves are mostly joined against Hussein how can we stand back and say that we are the only The Gulf War imt to have motivated student to show their feelings concerning the crisis. This snow-sculptered tank In the baseball field north of the Activity Center appeared over the weekend and the continuing letter campaign In the Student Center are some activities that show support of U.S. Armed Forces. community college ones that can have those privileges?" Although Coppersmith is disappointed that diplomatic approaches didn't work, she said, "We can't just not do something and I think that President Bush has made every effort diplomatically." Coppersmith was also impressed with the sincerity of the Representatives and See GULF, page 12 - y ; Photos by Thomas Epting